Research ArticleClinical Investigation
Prognostic Value of MIBG Imaging in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Pascal Merlet, Christophe Benvenuti, Dominique Moyse, Frédéric Pouillart, Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé, Anne-Marie Duval, Daniel Loisance, Alain Castaigne and André Syrota
Journal of Nuclear Medicine June 1999, 40 (6) 917-923;
Pascal Merlet
Christophe Benvenuti
Dominique Moyse
Frédéric Pouillart
Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé
Anne-Marie Duval
Daniel Loisance
Alain Castaigne


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